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293. How is ‘Adventures in Odyssey’ Making an Animated Film?
In this special live-recorded episode, Stephen and Zack explore Focus on the Family’s 2026 theatrical release and franchise rebrand.
‘Stranger Things’ Season Five Gives Weight to Parents’ Fears
While the first half of the final season suffers from flattened characters, the series offers surprising nuance to its previous messages.
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Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Cuts a Careful Line Between Evil and Redemption
The smash-hit shonen adventure boldly presents its characters with flaws and virtues, be they noble demon slayers or vile demon lords.
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‘K-Pop Demon Hunters’ Pits Singing Heroines vs. Monster Idols
Netflix’s smash hit action musical mixes catchy tunes with Korean folklore and some beautiful moments of common grace.
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Memorable Stories
In this day of hoarding, these are especially relevant questions, I think. Perhaps that’s what makes this particular show so memorable.
— Rebecca LuElla Miller in Mar 2020 —
The Kingdom: A Fresh Look at Zombies
The Netflix series The Kingdom offers a unique take on the zombie story, one worth talking about!
— Travis Perry in Mar 2020 —
The False Virtues of Anti-Love, Anti-Faith, and Anti-Hope
Do anti-love, anti-faith, and anti-hope form an “unholy trinity” of “anti-theological” virtues? What could these be and what should we do about them?
— Travis Perry in Mar 2020 —
Fantastical Truth Travels Back to the Times We First Discovered Fantasy
On our latest Fantastical Truth podcast episode, we share some of your stories about how you first discovered amazing fiction.
— E. Stephen Burnett in Mar 2020 —
The Season When Kings Go off to War
The Bible references kings going off to war in the spring–why then? And what impact could a season for warfare have on your speculative fiction story?
— Travis Perry in Feb 2020 —
Hard Time
As with any real life/entertainment contrast, the real world of incarceration doesn’t quite match up with what we see on screen when it comes to prisons and jails.
— Mark Carver in Feb 2020 —
On Our New Podcast Episode: We Didn’t Watch ‘The Witcher’ So We Hired a Friend Who Did
We interviewed Jason Morehead, who had some concerns about Netflix’s “mature” fantasy drama “The Witcher.”
— E. Stephen Burnett in Feb 2020 —
My Time in Calormen
I wind up talking about personal experience in the Middle East–and partially defending how C.S. Lewis portrayed Calormen.
— Travis Perry in Feb 2020 —
Didn’t Like That Halftime Show? Our New Podcast Episode Explores the Purpose of Dance
In our new Fantastical Truth episode, we explore Sharon Hinck’s novel Hidden Current, in which powerful people have twisted God’s creative gifts.
— E. Stephen Burnett in Feb 2020 —
Do You Believe?
what kind of miracle would it take for people these days to truly believe?
— Mark Carver in Jan 2020 —
These Are the Top Ten Most-Read SpecFaith Articles in 2019
From “Game of Thrones” critiques to YA Twitter, writing challenges, and Ted Chiang (again?), here are the top-read SpecFaith articles in 2019.
— E. Stephen Burnett in Jan 2020 —
2020 Science Fiction Predictions
Science fiction in many forms laid down predictions for what the year 2020 would bring. What did they get wrong? What’s close to being right?
— Travis Perry in Jan 2020 —
How Do We Discern Good and Bad ‘Magic’?
Scripture shows us the true source of magic’s corruption, and the cure.
— Marian A. Jacobs —
What Was God Thinking?
We humans, as rational beings, want everything to make sense. It’s frustrating that such “nonsense” winds up being true.
— Mark Carver in Dec 2019 —
What’s in a Gift? The Backstory of the Magi’s Presents
If you really study the gifts of the magi in Matthew 2, you’ll learn more about who Jesus truly is.
— Patrick W. Carr in Dec 2019 —
Primary Colors And Their Use
Writing can be equated with the use of primary colors. J. R. R. Tolkien used that metaphor, anyway, when he explained his thoughts about fantasy.
— Rebecca LuElla Miller in Dec 2019 —
The Unwanted Passenger
No matter where people go in this universe, they bring along an unwanted passenger: their own sin natures.
— Mark Carver in Nov 2019 —
Confessions of a Returning ‘Adventures in Odyssey’ Fan
After I finally returned to my “Adventures in Odyssey” fandom this year, I discovered the Christian audio drama had grown even better.
— E. Stephen Burnett in Nov 2019 —
Shields Among Us
Our “shields” can be necessary but also harmful, guarding us from enemies but also our own good.
— Laura VanArendonk Baugh in Nov 2019 —
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